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Auto Flush

I'm sorry... I was under the impression that it was standard practice to flush the toilet after using it. Maybe you forgot? Grrr...  I feel like every day I go into the bathroom stall here at my school (the faculty one is too far away), I have to stick my foot on the pedal and flush it. Maybe the crazy hormonal kids just forget? I'm at a loss as to how one would forget to flush the toilet.  This is when auto-flush would come in handy. Just sayin'.

Yes Please

Getting paid over the summer for doing NOTHING (besides sleeping, tanning, watching movies, reading, etc.)? Yes please. $1.25 frozen pizza for dinner? Yes please. Finally buying a router and setting up my own private wireless? Yes please. (Don't worry that I've also been carrying my computer everywhere with me for no reason other than to click around on the internet when I'm not in my room.) Having someone say something like this to me, "I'd run away with you, and make poor decisions with you, and be poor with you, and wait up every night for you, and get no sleep to spend another few minutes with you... I'd let you cry on my shoulder. I'd cry with you from time to time... I'd never ever regret anything with you, and I'd always love you"? Yes please.

Busy and Sad

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OK, so even though I've been weirded out by the fact that I was graduating, I wasn't too excited. I feel bad because everyone around me is excited for me, sending me cards, money, gifts, taking pictures. And I'm totally grateful. Don't get me wrong! I just am finding it really difficult to be happy or excited. There has been a total pressure for me to feel happy, relieved, excited, and all of these good things. I've felt guilty for not feeling any of these good things.  Also, I don't deal well with the unexpected. I don't know where or if I'll have a job in the fall. I prefer the security of knowing what's coming -- that I'll be attending classes like normal, or something. But that's not the case. So I'm scared out of my mind about leaving the security blanket of BYU, where I've been for almost five years. Add to these things the fact that my dad's mother, my Mimi, passed away about a week ago. Then add the fact that I&#

Random, I Know

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But someone I know is about to get engaged so I've just been looking at rings again. Fell in love with this ring. Wow... Just wow. I should probably stop. haha.

My Life is Awesome

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I have a screening interview today with Canyons School District, so that's slightly nerve wracking. Last night I went to bed at 11 and woke up drenched in sweat around 1:30 AM. Not sure why. So I got up and took a shower then instead of at 6:30. haha. Weird, I know, but I slept fine after that. My parents are getting here today with my little bro! Commencement is tomorrow, and convocations the next day! In fifth period as I was putting laptops away during testing, a bunch of my friends in the faculty at work came into my room singing "Happy Graduation To You!" with a cake congratulating me! Oh my goodness. I was so overwhelmed. How freaking cool are they? /blessed.

Amazing Grace - Amazing Voice!

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=380257282983  I'm speechless after this. I may or may not be sniffling, also.

My School, My Remote, and Other Big Temporal Things

Busy week! I have to meet tonight with some girls from church for an upcoming activity. Then tomorrow I have to visit teach at some point because the rest of the week probably won't work. Tuesday night I have meetings as a Relief Society presidency also. Wednesday I have a screening interview with Canyons School District. Thursday and Friday I freaking GRADUATE! What the heck! It's going to be amazing. Fortunately, there aren't really any lesson plans for this week because it's all state testing, so that should be delightful. The weather is glorious today: 73° and sunny. I bought six movies on Friday night: Michael Jackson's This is It, Zombieland, Whip It, Where the Wild Things Are, Brothers Bloom, and Terminator Salvation. The impulsive buying has to stop. But I can't beat the 3 for $20 deal--come on! I worked out on Saturday morning to Jillian's 30 Day Shred. It's such a beast but I'm not too sore. Guess I'd better do it again t

Hot Shoes

Ahoy, ahoy! (I guess that's how Alexander Graham Bell used to answer the phone. I think I'll do the same.) So many best things to report on!: 1. Last night I went to dinner with my amazing cousin Erica and her mom. It was basically the best thing ever to sit and talk with them for so long about pretty much everything. I love good conversations and strong personalities. They're my FAVORITE! 2. I made a chocolate lovers' bundt cake for my roommate and put candles in it and surrounded her room and flooded her bathroom with balloons. I got some neighbors to come sing happy birthday with me to her because no one else was home! But it was fun. She loved her present, too! 3. My roommate then wanted me to go to Target, which I love and never go to. I tried on a couple of pairs of shoes and put them back because I've been making a lot of random purchases lately, including a ticket to Hawaii so I should probably manage the impulsive spending a little better... But th

Happy Happy

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So this ticket to Hawaii thing will probably keep me going until it actually happens. Then actually going to Hawaii will probably keep me going for another year. Chyeah. My kids are being really good lately considering how boring my class has been in the last couple of days. I try to make it as interesting as possible with my occasionally warped sense of humor, but some classes don't react as well as others, unfortunately. I've just been in a really good mood lately. I bought several birthday cards today--there's lots of birthdays in April! And I only have two left to mail. The other is for my roommate. After work today I went shopping. I ordered a gift online for someone's birthday. Then I made a stop at five separate stores for my roommate's gift... Cocoa Bean, In-N-Out, and Seagull Book. One of those stops was the dollar store where I got her cute birthday bag (she loves purple, and she never reads my blog so it's OK), and some balloons. The most fu

I'm EXCITED!

Remember when I talked about how I never do anything because I am overly responsible or just put off doing things that are totally out of my comfort zone? Well, someone I know has never been that way. My friend Krystle is my hero in so many ways I could not even begin to do her justice right now. She has always been a mega over-achiever. She does more than anyone would think humanly possible--spending time in India doing service, building houses *somewhere* over spring break, traveling to Hawaii to do Teach for America. Nothing holds her back. She's one of the most motivated and adventurous and best persons that I know. She's truly a good person through and through. She's an amazing friend. She's always been there for me. Krystle listens when I need someone to talk. She'll cry with me. She'll be funny and dumb if that's what we feel like at the time. There's this great sense of balance in our friendship that I don't feel with too many other

Home is Where the Heart Is

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Well, I've gone private. So hopefully all of you got my invitation and accept it and check back frequently. I don't know that I want to annoy anyone by sending out email alerts every time I update. So I went home... On Saturday we just kind of hung out. I took pictures and videos of the new puppy. He is darling and feisty! I'm trying to remember what else we did... Mom and I did some shopping for Easter dinner. I was bugged because she took so dang long, though. I think my dad and I went to lunch but I can't remember. Mom and I got our necklaces from the twin pearls I got in Las Vegas, and we got some movies. I also colored and decorated tons of Easter eggs. Then Mom and I did tons of cooking, and I did tons of cleaning because we were supposed to have company. Then I got grouchy, so my dad and I went to Cold Stone on his motorcycle. :) On Sunday I got up and listened to the first session of Conference while getting dinner ready. Conference was awesome.  Then